Security Governance & Risk Compliance

About the role

About the Role monday.com is looking for a GRC Security Specialist to join our Security Department. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role within our GRC Security & Trust Group. You'll own real workstreams, including compliance programs, vendor risk management, security governance, and security awareness. You’ll be part of a small, focused team that moves fast and builds things that scale. You'll collaborate closely with Security domains, R&D, Infra, IT, Legal, Privacy, and Procurement to make sure our security controls and compliance processes are practical, effective, and aligned with how the business actually works. Key Responsibilities ● Vendor risk management: Own the end-to-end vendor security assessment process across all risk tiers, covering software, AI capabilities, service providers, and external workforce. This includes conducting a kick-off meeting with the business stakeholder to understand the use case and data exposure, assigning a risk rating, sending and managing security questionnaires, evaluating vendor responses using AI-powered security tools, reviewing security exhibits and contractual requirements, consolidating findings, and driving each review to a clear decision. ● Compliance and certifications: Manage external security audits end-to-end and ongoing compliance maintenance for frameworks such as ISO 27001 and SOC 2, including control mapping, evidence collection, stakeholder coordination, and auditor reporting. Support the SOX & internal audits compliance workstream through audit cycles and track remediations to closure. ● Policies and Procedures: Drive the annual review and update of security policies based on audit findings and regulatory changes. Manage policy exceptions and recommend corrective actions. ● Governance: Own governance actions across assigned security domains - identifying risks, aligning controls, and driving decisions end-to-end. Lead security routine weeks across the organization. Serve as the go-to person for employees on security and compliance matters. ● Awareness and education: Lead security awareness and training activities, including phishing simulations, online training programs, and company-wide security events using AI-powered security tools. Your Experience & Skills ● 2+ years in GRC, information security, or compliance — preferably in a SaaS company ● Strong working knowledge of security and privacy frameworks: ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and NIST ● Proven ability to run TPRM independently: assess vendors, rate risk, and drive reviews to a clear decision ● AI-native working style. Use AI tools to accelerate your work: drafting policies, summarizing vendor responses, researching frameworks, and structuring audit evidence ● Comfortable working across technical and non-technical stakeholders — translating security requirements into language that lands ● Strong sense of ownership, responsibility, and problem-solving approach ● Ability to manage multiple active workstreams without losing detail ● Excellent written and verbal communication in Hebrew and English Please note: This is a temporary position supporting our GRC team during a team member's parental leave.